1 Corinthians 3.18-23 (Epistle)

18Niko neka se ne vara: ako ko meðu vama misli da je mudar na ovome svijetu, neka bude lud da bude mudar. 19Jer je premudrost ovoga svijeta ludost pred Bogom, jer je pisano: hvata premudre u njihovu lukavstvu. 20I opet: Gospod zna pomisli mudrijeh da su ništa. 21Zato niko da se ne hvali èovjekom, jer je sve vaše. 22Bio Pavle, ili Apolo, ili Kifa, ili svijet, ili život ili smrt, ili sadašnje, ili buduæe: sve je vaše; 23A vi ste Hristovi a Hristos Božij.

Matthew 13.36-43 (Gospel)

36Tada ostavi Isus ljude, i doðe u kuæu. I pristupiše k njemu uèenici njegovi govoreæi: kaži nam prièu o kukolju na njivi. 37A on odgovarajuæi reèe im: koji sije dobro sjeme ono je sin èovjeèij; 38A njiva je svijet; a dobro sjeme sinovi su carstva, a kukolj sinovi su zla; 39A neprijatelj koji ga je posijao jest ðavo; a žetva je pošljedak ovoga vijeka; a žeteoci su anðeli. 40Kako što se dakle kukolj sabira, i ognjem sažiže, tako æe biti na pošljetku ovoga vijeka. 41Poslaæe sin èovjeèij anðele svoje, i sabraæe iz carstva njegova sve sablazni i koji èine bezakonje. 42I baciæe ih u peæ ognjenu: ondje æe biti plaè i škrgut zuba. 43Tada æe se pravednici zasjati kao sunce u carstvu oca svojega. Ko ima uši da èuje neka èuje.

Hieromartyr Pancratius, bishop of Taormina in Sicily (1st c.)

He was born in Antioch during the years that Christ walked in the flesh in Palestine. His parents, hearing of Christ’s miracles and teaching, journeyed to Jerusalem, bringing their young son Pancratius. There all three of them saw and listened to Jesus Himself, and met the disciple Peter as well. After the Ascension, Pancratius and his parents were baptised in Antioch (some accounts say by the Apostle Peter himself). The Apostle Peter installed Pancratius as bishop of Taormina in Sicily, where he worked great wonders and brought many to Christ.

A pagan general named Aquilinus, hearing that Taormina had become Christian, set out with his army to destroy the town. Pancratius instructed the faithful not to fear and went out to confront the army, armed only with the sign of the Cross. When the army came near the town, the soldiers were seized with confusion and fear, fell on their own weapons and attacked one another, and finally withdrew in terror. Thus the city was saved by the prayers of the holy bishop. Later, pagans stoned him to death, granting him a martyr’s end. His relics may still be venerated in Rome.